Subjects Archives: Empire

The fall of Damascus and rise of HTS signal a dangerous shift in Syria, deepening regional instability, and isolation for Palestine. From Israel to Africa’s Sahel region, what comes next?

RAMZY BAROUD explains that with the world already unable or unwilling to confront Israel’s murderous devastation of Gaza, it is likely to seize the opportunity to annex the larger but equally vulnerable West Bank territory.

The empire’s favorite trick is to begin the historical record at the moment its enemies retaliate against its abuses.

Following the publication of Tariq Ali’s latest memoirs, he spoke to Michael Lavalette about the contrasting periods covered in his autobiographies and the prospects for the left today.

Iran is now the key to the world.

The ERA will help restore abortion access, protect women from violence, and help build a gender-equitable future. Biden should certify it while he still has the power to do so.

For more than 500 years, Europeans have controlled the world, enforcing their rule through genocidal violence.

(As if they ever were.)

Behind the confusion and debates about fascism lies a simple truth: it’s a power game driven by economic elites. Communists recognized that fascism’s form is shaped by class dynamics—an insight we shouldn’t forget.

The early morning murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was met on social media with a “torrent of hate” for health insurance executives.

President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, after having repeatedly promised that he would not.

The Romanian Constitutional Court’s decision to nullify the election results based on unfounded allegations of Russian interference sets a terrifying precedent.

The solution is obvious and simple, which is why the nation’s richest people hate it so much: Scrap the cap and make the wealthy pay a much fairer share in Social Security taxes.

At the 2017 March for Science in Washington, DC , Dr. Lydia Jennings wore a T-shirt that read, “Strong Resilient Indigenous,” and held a sign saying, “Traditional Ecological Knowledge Is Science Too!”

“What we are witnessing here today is a practical demonstration of Lawfare in Argentina, carried out by the members of the court,” announced Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

‘UNION’ follows Amazon warehouse organizers through an uphill battle, a stunning victory, and an uncertain future.

Recently, there has been a spate of articles and commentary about ‘U.S. exceptionalism’, namely that the U.S. economy is bounding forward in terms of economic growth, hi-tech investment and productivity, leaving the rest of the world behind.

Amnesty International this week confirmed what many others have already said: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. But the report goes to many lengths to prove one critical element in the case against Israel: that the genocide is fully intentional.

Mr. President, If you can pardon your son, why can’t you free the Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier?

I have a friend Julian King, who Duncan Graham reports has been subjected to a stun grenade as our Australian Federal Police burst through his door to seize his PhD research, phone and computers. Reportedly, the AFP are concerned about OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka _Free Papua Organisation), the indigenous independence movement in West Papua.